I remember as an IC when my boss first told me about doing biweekly 1 on 1s. I was not a fan of them at that time. But as I grew in my career, I found them usef

I remember as an IC when my boss first told me about doing biweekly 1 on 1s. I was not a fan of them at that time. But as I grew in my career, I found them useful, and realized that part of it was he was not a good manager. I found them useful as a manager of ICs, and now that I'm a manager of managers, I also find them useful. It's good to check in and let people talk about what they want. I always start and let my reports talk what's on their mind first. I have questions to ask too. I let the conversation flow, and never take more time than necessary. Some will take for an hour and a half, some for 15 minutes. That's fine in both cases. But weekly I think is too often, and 3-6 months is too rare. Biweekly seems the sweet spot for direct reports, but could see monthly maybe. I do bimonthly for indirect reports.